tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post6137661877737720919..comments2024-02-10T03:45:25.354-05:00Comments on Blogalicious: PO'd at the PODiane Lockwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07614479152159652577noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-22275087737942928972009-02-06T19:07:00.000-05:002009-02-06T19:07:00.000-05:00I love mail delivery and hate Sundays without it. ...I love mail delivery and hate Sundays without it. Now I'll have to re-subscribe to a newspaper, just to be sure something readable is delivered to my door every day. I sometimes get so tired of looking at a screen.Rachel Dacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-37250135363372500202009-02-06T13:41:00.000-05:002009-02-06T13:41:00.000-05:00Yes! I love getting mail, and was dismayed to hea...Yes! I love getting mail, and was dismayed to hear that the PO is pondering cutting back. I also vote for Tuesday, which to me is a throw away day, anyway. But Saturday! Ah, I love Saturday, and if there was no mail then, it would spoil it all.<BR/><BR/>bobbi c.<BR/>Leander, TXBobbi A. Chukran, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16678371925926783260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-5271114293266044332009-02-06T09:54:00.000-05:002009-02-06T09:54:00.000-05:00I, too, am a mail addict from way back (when peopl...I, too, am a mail addict from way back (when people wrote letters). And I laugh, because amid all the junk mail and bills and requests for donations, any poetry mail is statistically most likely to be a rejection letter. But hope! Until those envelopes are opened, good news remains a possibility like a cat in a box.<BR/><BR/>Email does fill in some of the gaps, but it comes with its own pitfalls (24-hour-a-day rejection!).Joannie Stangelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06006768246992875405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-27124133636524421782009-02-04T16:16:00.000-05:002009-02-04T16:16:00.000-05:00For me, books ordered from England or the States a...For me, books ordered from England or the States arrive in the mail - and it sometimes takes three weeks for them to reach South Africa, two if I'm lucky. Imagine ...Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07747839768257543728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-40967912235986800922009-02-04T10:08:00.000-05:002009-02-04T10:08:00.000-05:00Hi Diane, LOVE getting the mail. Though as others...Hi Diane, <BR/><BR/>LOVE getting the mail. Though as others have said, I've noticed my acceptances arrive via email, so I've become a little more tuned into that, which isn't good because if I'm constantly checking my email, I'm not writing.<BR/><BR/>I do have a google gmail acct that I only give to editors. So far, it's been a very empty box. ;-)Kelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-41264186702488828042009-02-03T14:27:00.000-05:002009-02-03T14:27:00.000-05:00I used to be a mail addict, but I've had so many p...I used to be a mail addict, but I've had so many problems getting my postal mail that the last two years I've had post office and UPS office boxes. Many, many items have been lost by the post office, and they never apologize, and they can never tell me what's happened. It's very frustrating.<BR/>And usually, these days, as Collin says - all the good news comes through e-mail - though checks still come by post. And contributor copies. But for small magazines, the uptick in price for mailing out journals has made even sending out contributor's copies so expensive...I wonder if a private institution will offer better, cheaper service soon?Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-86969964342734004912009-02-03T11:20:00.000-05:002009-02-03T11:20:00.000-05:00I know exactly what you mean. Even when I go throu...I know exactly what you mean. Even when I go through bad periods when I get nothing but rejection slips, that possibility keeps the mailbox exciting.<BR/><BR/>This reminds me that I always intend to make myself write more random letters to friends, but I never get around to it. I think I might start small and try to commit to sending out random postcards...just a small note, or maybe a poem fragment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-9431961395180851862009-02-03T07:14:00.000-05:002009-02-03T07:14:00.000-05:00I, too, love the mail, even though I usually only ...I, too, love the mail, even though I usually only get bills. I love that the mail comes once a day, which means I don't need to check on it all the time, unlike e-mail, where good news might have come in the 10 minutes that it took me to make the coffee, or load the washing machine, or . . . which means I'm constantly checking my e-mail.Kristin Berkey-Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-73724520131773797482009-02-02T22:06:00.000-05:002009-02-02T22:06:00.000-05:00Mostly bills these days. The good news usually com...Mostly bills these days. The good news usually comes via email these days and packages via UPS. I guess that's part of the problem.Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-73210156187598178562009-02-02T20:01:00.000-05:002009-02-02T20:01:00.000-05:00Man, outside of the holidays and my birthday, I ca...Man, outside of the holidays and my birthday, I can't remember the last time I found any good news from the mail. Ten years ago I would've been upset, but now the proposed cut would just be one less day I get a bill or junk mail. I'm totally fine with that.boukman70https://www.blogger.com/profile/03136977500437036141noreply@blogger.com